Editing Comments - Luke Green

Today we have been starting on creating the title sequence for our film, including one main title as well as credits for the cast during the film, these all fade in and out.

The main title serves as an introduction to the film, so that it doesn't start straight in the action with no lead up.

Whereas the individual character titles all fade in and out and go by the format 'Starring ??? As ???" we thought this went well, and we also continued sound editing to meet the deadline of friday.

Shooting Script-Ian Uttley

Shooting script-The redemption
Interior-Corridor-Daytime
SHOT 1 Long shot of doors with Mike running through them
SHOT 2 Medium long shot looking down the corridor with Mike running from right to left of shot running past the camera
SHOT 3 Long shot of Mike running towards the camera, the camera then pans slightly as he begins to go round the corner
SHOT 4 Low angle shot of Mike emerging from the corner and runs near but not over the camera
SHOT 5 Medium shot of Coach leaning against a wall, the camera quickly pans round as Mike comes in to shot pans back slightly to get both of them in to shot
SHOT 6 medium, backwards tracking shot of Coach and Mike walking towards the press conference
SHOT 7 Medium shot of coach and mike arriving at the door, shot from behind them
SHOT 8 reverse of shot 7 Small bit of dialogue
SHOT 9 Medium shot from behind them with coach beginning to open the door
Interior-Conference room-Daytime
SHOT 10 Medium shot of Coach and Mike entering the conference hall
SHOT 11 Establishing shot of conference room with the press seated with slight pan
SHOT 12 High angle shot of Coach and Mike walking toward table and Mike gets seated and Coach welcomes the journalists
SHOT 13 Medium shot of the table with Vladimir (opponent) in shot as Coach leaves the table
SHOT 14 Close up of the first journalist asking a question with a reverse shot of Mike answering
SHOT 15 CU of a different journalist with Vladimir answering
SHOT 16 Medium Long shot of Mike and Vlad standing up to square off with each other like they’re about to fight
SHOT 17 CU hand held, over the shoulder shots of the Mikes face then a reverse shot of Vlad
SHOT 18 CU hand held shot of Mikes clenched fist
Interior-Boxing Gym-Evening
SHOT 19 Medium shot of Mike and coach entering the gym reception and the camera follows as they enter the main part of the gym
SHOT 20 Medium shot of them going through the opening to the main part of the gym abd the camera pans to follow them going towards the chair
SHOT 21 Medium close up of Mike seated in his chair as he reaches for his bag
SHOT 22 High angle close up of Mike opening his bag and taking out his gloves
SHOT 22 Close up of Mike putting on his gloves and punching them together as in to get them comfortable
SHOT 23 Medium shot of Mike getting up and walking towards the punch bag and beginning to punch it
SHOT 24 close up of his fist hitting the bag

Filing comments - James Allen

We would have liked to have re-filmed some of the training montage scene to add a bit more boxing on the punch bag and also to have added a bit of jogging or skipping to it as well to make it look more like a boxing movie and that by the opening two mins, we would like the viewers to know what type of film the film is and not to have them guessing. Unfortunately due to commitments to other things , we was unable to re-film this scene or add shots to this scene. We would again like to thank Mu-Sa Martial Arts, Wombwell for letting us use their gym for shooting the original scene for our movie.

comments on filming - 1 - 04-2010 - By James Allen

as advised we was to re-shoot some shots of our press-conference scene to make the quality of our film better, and we also crossed the 180 degree line during the Q and A. We got a bigger audience that was to be journalists, and we was to re-shoot the questions that the journalists ask and the answers of Mike Dawson. We re-shot quite quickly and it was edited back into our film. Overall we thought as a group that adding more people to the audience and having a camera flash every so often gave the press conference a great effect to how we wanted the press conference to look as real as possible.

Character Profile - Charlotte Taylor - By James Allen

Name: Charlotte Taylor
Age : 23
Proffesion: Reporter for Sky Sports News
Bio: Charlotte is going to have regular updates for this fight between Zhirkov and Dawson, has regular parts in film, but not as much as Jim Davidson.

The Redemption - Film Age Rating By Alexander Martin

It has been decided in accordance to the film age rating system and through research of the boxing film genre that our project is made into a rate 15 movie.

This is due to the heavy implication of violence linked with the boxing sport and because of the use of profanity by the actor’s characters throughout the story. However these instances are not so extreme as to entitle the film an 18 rating since while there is violence it is done within a humane and moral system since it is part of a sport which has established rules.

The violence and profanity is done mildly and in such a degree as to refrain from insulting any specific peoples in terms of their; ethnicity, religion and social standing. There are no death sequences and the characters involved are not subjected to any inhumane treatments throughout the stories development that are not within the boundaries of an age rating of 15 years.

Official 15 years rating standards:

Contains strong violence and language, once very strong

Film Age Rating By Alexander Martin

A motion picture rating is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of mature content. A particular issued rating is called a certification and can range from a U (suitable for all ages) to an 18+ (suitable for audiences over the age of 18 years)

This is designed to help individuals and parents to decide whether a movie is suitable or not for viewing. However, the effectiveness of these systems is widely disputed. Also, in some jurisdictions a rating may impose on movie theatres the legal obligation of refusing the entrance of children or minors to a movie that is rated above the customer’s actual age.

Depending of the state or country the decisions made on behalf of media censorship are usually done by elected bodies of a type. In countries such as Australia, an official government body decides on ratings; in other countries, such as the United States, it is done by industry committees with no official government status. In most countries, however, films that are considered morally offensive have been censored, restricted, or banned. Even if the film rating system has no legal consequences, and a film has not explicitly been restricted or banned, there are usually laws forbidding certain films, or forbidding minors to view them.